Hand-drawn hometown collection
A hand-drawn celebration of Oak Brook, available exclusively at Blackberry Market.
15 oz ceramic mugMicrowave safeDishwasher safe
Community
Oak Brook is known for beautiful open spaces, distinctive architecture, shopping, and a long tradition of recreation. Graue Mill, Fullersburg Woods, Mayslake Hall, Oakbrook Center, and polo grounds give the community a polished character with plenty of natural beauty.
The collaboration
Oak Brook is part of our family’s everyday Chicagoland life. It is where I get my nails done, where I love shopping with our kids, and where my husband and I go for dates and time at the mall. We enjoy many of the same things that draw families and visitors to Oak Brook.
With Blackberry Market opening a location there, it made perfect sense to collaborate on an Oak Brook Mug. Their location is absolutely beautiful, and the mug has done wonderfully. I sometimes joke that I am grateful when people buy my mugs because it gives me an excuse to spend the proceeds in Oak Brook.
The story behind the mug
Inside the illustration
Oakbrook Center is Oak Brook’s open-air shopping destination, combining department stores, specialty shops, restaurants, and outdoor gathering spaces.
Graue Mill and Museum preserves Oak Brook’s milling heritage beside Salt Creek at Fullersburg Woods.
Fullersburg Woods is a 220-acre Oak Brook forest preserve where woodland habitat shelters nesting birds and seasonal migrants.
Mayslake Hall is the Tudor Revival mansion designed by Benjamin Marshall for coal magnate Francis Stuyvesant Peabody’s Oak Brook estate.
Butler National Golf Club is located on York Road in Oak Brook, part of the village’s established golfing landscape.
Founded by Paul Butler in 1922, Oak Brook Polo Club helped establish the village’s lasting association with championship polo.
Journal · Behind the drawing
Shopping trips, ordinary errands, and Blackberry Market gave this mug an everyday angle.
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